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Founders and CEOs Trivia Quiz

Questions about U.S. executives from the dot.com era.

A multiple-choice quiz by nyirene330. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
nyirene330

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
303,361

Updated
Jul 10 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which founder/executive shares the first two letters of his last name with the company he helped build? Hint

Jerry Yang

Carly Fiorina

Sergei Brin

Meg Whitman

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was Bill Gates' original and most prominent partner in Microsoft? Hint

Melinda Gates

Warren Buffett

Steve Jobs

Paul Allen

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which CEO earned the vast majority of his/her fame and fortune working for a not-for-profit organization? Hint

Oprah Winfrey

Martha Stewart

Dick Grasso

Donald Trump

4. Citigroup, facing government pressure allegedly related to failures in risk management and compliance, replaced Sandy Weill -- their legendary deal-making executive -- from their legal department. Who did they appoint as the new CEO? Hint

Robert Rubin

Michael Helfer

Chuck Prince

Sally Krawcheck

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Question 5 of 10

5. Until his death, which founder/CEO held the all-time record for appearing in the greatest number of television commercials? Hint

Tom Bodett - Motel 6

Frank Purdue - Purdue Chicken

Dave Thomas - Wendy's

George Zimmerman - Men's Wearhouse

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these executives is CORRECTLY matched with the company they lead/led? Hint

Jamie Dimon - J.P. Morgan Chase

Jack Welch - G.E.

All of these

Meg Whitman - eBay

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which executive presided over the fall of WorldCom? Hint

Bernie Madoff

None of these

Dick Ebersol

Bernie Ebbers

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Question 8 of 10

8. From the TV show "Seinfeld", which of these characters is correctly matched with the company at which they became the highest ranking officer ("ran the company")? Hint

Elaine - J. Peterman Catalog

Kramer - Calvin Klein

George - New York Yankees

None of these

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these company leaders is a man? Hint

Meg Whitman

Leslie Moonves

Carly Fiorina

Dylan Lauren

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which former U.S. vice president was criticized for saying, "I took the initiative in creating the internet"? Hint

Dan Quayle

Al Gore

Dick Cheney

George Bush

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which founder/executive shares the first two letters of his last name with the company he helped build?

Answer: Jerry Yang

Jerry Yang helped found Yahoo!

Sergei Brin is from Google, Carly Fiorina is from Lucent and then HP, and Meg Whitman is from eBay.

2. Who was Bill Gates' original and most prominent partner in Microsoft?

Answer: Paul Allen

Allen has appeared on the list of world's richest men, based upon his Microsoft holdings, and despite a series of poor investments.

Warren Buffett is now considered the world's richest man. Melinda Gates is the wife of Bill Gates, who formerly held that title through his ownership of Microsoft. Steve Jobs is founder and CEO of Apple.

3. Which CEO earned the vast majority of his/her fame and fortune working for a not-for-profit organization?

Answer: Dick Grasso

Grasso led the New York Stock Exchange for many years, after which he demanded a separation/retirement package of almost $200,000,000.

Martha Stewart, Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey all owned/led their own entrepreneurial firms.

Answer: Chuck Prince

Although a lawyer, Prince was Weill's right-hand man and general counsel throughout his deal-making "spree." Prince was eventually replaced by Vikram Pandit.

Robert Rubin, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, was a Board member "special adviser" to Citigroup. Sally Krawcheck was brought in to lead brokerage subsidiary Smith Barney, while Michael Helfer served as General Counsel throughout the 2000's.

5. Until his death, which founder/CEO held the all-time record for appearing in the greatest number of television commercials?

Answer: Dave Thomas - Wendy's

Until his death, Thomas regularly appeared in Wendy's commercials, numbering well over 200 different spots.

All three others, however, can be seen almost as frequently hawking their own companies.

6. Which of these executives is CORRECTLY matched with the company they lead/led?

Answer: All of these

Welch retired and turned over responsibilities to Jeff Immelt. Whitman stepped down as CEO of eBay in 2007, while Dimon took over J.P. in 2005.

7. Which executive presided over the fall of WorldCom?

Answer: Bernie Ebbers

Bernie Ebbers' tenure saw WorldCom fall from one of the US's biggest telecommunications company to one of the US's biggest documented cases of corporate fraud.

8. From the TV show "Seinfeld", which of these characters is correctly matched with the company at which they became the highest ranking officer ("ran the company")?

Answer: Elaine - J. Peterman Catalog

When Mr. Peterman's "nervous breakdown" led him to the Burmese jungle, he left Elaine in charge of the catalog.

George was primed to become "Assistant to the General Manager" until it was temporarily believed he had been killed. Kramer's only affiliation with Calvin Klein was his "lithe" form on a CK billboard.

9. Which of these company leaders is a man?

Answer: Leslie Moonves

Leslie Moonves, a man, was a senior executive at CBS. He appeared as himself in an episode of "The Practice."

Meg Whitman was the CEO of eBay; Carly Fiorina led Lucent and HP, and Dylan Lauren (who is Ralph Lauren's daughter) began running a national chain of candy stores.

10. Which former U.S. vice president was criticized for saying, "I took the initiative in creating the internet"?

Answer: Al Gore

While the original Internet was developed as a U.S. Department of Defense project, Mr. Gore had no physical role in creating it other than providing support for its development.

Source: Author nyirene330

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